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I just have to ask: Is this parrot a Norwegian Blue?

My alarm system recently triggered 2 false alarms while we were away, both about an hour before sunset. It was the family room motion sensor.   The system is hardwired, installed by me, though the sensors were part of the original construction, about 10 years old. There's only one motion sensor...

Actually, can you clarify something? I understand how the ZWave node number corresponds to a room/unit number for lights. Do controllers correspond to HAI scene numbers in a similar way? John m.

looks like the shortcoming is with the ControlThink stuff - I just can't figure out how to make a scene controller appear in the network unless it corresponds to an installed light. I guess I'll have to buy the Leviton USB stick. Thanks for replying.

I have a bunch of Zwave switches and controllers - stuff like the 4 button VRCS4. All are working fine. I use the ControlThink stuff to setup and add a switch when I need to. I've also written OmniPro code that does the usual stuff based on triggers, including triggering when a light is turned...

That's very useful to know, but it really makes me wonder why HAI sells both, and doesn't just roll everything into one code base. The analog vs IP cameras is a minor difference. They seem to adhere to the IBM mainframe software model, and not the Apple software model. Really eccentric.

That's good to know. It looks like WL2 is written for standard win32 APIs as it has a look and feel from 2002. I'm guessing HAI thought a rewrite for WHS APIs would give them a better platform for the future, but they got trapped by WHS when Microsoft changed the APIs for WHS 2011. Now they have...

The whole WHS thing looked so promising and now it's just a train wreck. Assuming I buy an intel box to run a headless server, and I want it to talk to OmniPro, and record from IP based security cameras, what are my software options? WL3 meets all my needs but it's tied to the old platform that...

Does anyone know if the HAI weblink 3 software runs on Windows Home Server 2011 (which was known as Vail during beta)? I don't own either product and am reluctant to buy without knowing this in advance, since the DVR capability for cameras is central to my decision.

I have two WDTC-20 driven from my HAI OmniPro. I'm very happy with them and the zwave command set seems well implemented, except that you cannot enable the fan to run without heat/cool. The 'fan on' switch is a physical switch and cannot be driven from zwave commands. Not a big deal for me, just...

I want to add a DVR to my OmniPro and I'm wondering if anyone has advice on which to use: Hardware via HAI's own DVR 68A00 Software via HAI's WL3 running on WHS Something else Here's what I need from the DVR functionality: Compatible with IP cameras of various brands (I've not bought them...

Great. Thanks for clarifying. I was hoping the OPII would let the unit stay on for the command with the longest time - at least that's what I'd want in this case. Looks like I need some more complex code that will let the unit remain on for a longer time, even if set shorter by another command.

I want to know how OPII handles two separate events that trigger the same unit on for a period of time. Suppose I have two events like this: TIMED 5:01 PM MTWTFSS AND IF NOT AWAY THEN H Water pump ON FOR 4 HOURS and WHEN H Water Pump THEN H Water pump ON FOR 2 HOURS The second...

Aha - this looks close http://arcfn.com/2009/09/arduino-universal...record-and.html

I decided to poke around in the arduino topics and I stumbled across this: http://www.tauntek.com/irmimic2-learning-i...transmitter.htm So very close to what I want - except for weird parallel input and not serial. I'm really hoping there's something for arduino. Nothing against Ocelot but I...